Wheel.



No. 798,390. PATENTED AUG. 29, 1905. P. J. CAESAR 6: E. SGHBLL.

WHEEL. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 19, 1904.

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PETER J. CAESAR AND EMIL SCHELL OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

WHEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 29, 1905.

Application filed November 19, 1904. Serial No. 233,496. I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, PETER J. CAEsAR and EMIL SoHELL, citizens of theUnited States, and residents of St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey andState of Minnesota, have invented a new and Improved Wheel, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of this invention is to construct a resilient wheel whichwill wholly or partly avoid the necessity of springs on the vehicle withwhich the wheel is used. We attain this end by a certain peculiarconnection between the spokes and rim of the wheel, which involves aspring or cushion and which results in a resilient action between thespokes and rim, as will hereinafter be fully set forth.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of thisspecification, in which drawings like characters of reference indicatelike parts in the several views, and in Which Figure 1 is a sideelevation of a wheel embodying our invention. Fig. 2 is an enlargedsection showing a part of the rim and the outer end of one spoke andillustrating the peculiar connection between the two, and Fig. 3 is asection on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

a indicates the hub of the wheel, I) the spokes, and 0 the rim. Thespokes are joined to the hub in the usual or any desired manner, andsaid spokes are preferably tubular, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Attachedto the inner side of the rim 0 are a number of housings (Z, the innerextremities of which have sockets d opening toward the hub and receivingthe outer ends of the tubular spokes 6. These sockets are separated fromthe inner parts of the housing by walls d Within the housings cl springsf are arranged. These springs are preferably formed of blocks of rubber,and passing through them are bolts 9, the outer ends of which areprovided with head-plates h, engagingthe outer ends of the springs f.From the springs or cushions f the bolts 9 pass inward through the wallsd into the sockets d and enter the outer ends of the spokes Z). Theparts g and b are fastened together by means of nuts '5, engaged withthe bolts and seated against interior shoulders in the outer ends of thetubular spokes b.

d indicates openings in the housings d to lighten the same.

The spokes 7) are free to move in the sockets 03, within the limits,however, of the springs f on one hand and walls (Z on the other, saidsprings through the bolts 9 restraining the movement of the spokesinward with respect to the rim. When, therefore, the wheel is inoperation, no compression strain is exerted on the spokes, the hub beingsustained within the rim through the medium of the spokes at the upperside of the hub and the springs f in connection therewith. In thismanner a spring or resilient support is provided for the hub and theentire wheel given a spring action.

Various changes in the form, proportions, and minor details of ourinvention may be resorted to at will without departing from the spiritand scope thereof. Hence we consider ourselves entitled to all suchvariations as may lie within the terms of our claims.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1. A wheel comprising ahub, a rim, spokesattached to the hub, housings attached to the inner side of the rim,said housings having sockets in their inner portions divided from themain parts of the housing by intermediate walls, and said socketsreceiving the outer ends of the spokes, a spring in the main part ofeach housing, and a connection between the springs and the spokes.

2. A wheel comprising a hub, a rim, spokes attached to the hub, housingsattached to the inner side of the rim, said housings having sockets intheir inner portions divided from the main part of the housing byintermediate walls, and said sockets receiving the outer ends of thespokes, a spring in the main part of each housing, and a connectlonbetween the springs and the spokes, said connection comprising boltsengaged with the springs and passing through said intermediate walls andengaged with nuts in the spokes.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PETER J. CAESAR. EMIL SGHELL.

Witnesses:

E. S. PEARCE, OSCAR JOHNSON.

